Miss Martin’s Wedding reel

Don’t be put off by the rather ordinary title! It’s a wicked good tune. I assume it’s a Highland bagpipe tune. Here’s battlefield Band playing it (starts about 1:58): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX5RbEXjdPI

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I tried to copy it here as closely to that video as possible, as it’s the only version I’ve heard of it. Here is bogman’s (https://thesession.org/members/6479 - a GHB player’s) transcription:

X: 1
T: Miss Martin’s Wedding
C: Trad Scottish
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
|: B | A2 a2 ge g2 | egdg eAcA | B2 fg BGfg | BGfg BGAG |
A2 a2 ge g2 | egdg eAcA | d2 fd cdec | dBGB AAA :|
|: B | eA ~A2 eAca | eA ~A2 eAcA | dGGG dGBd | efff fedB |
eA ~A2 eAca | eA ~A2 eAcA | d2 fd cdec | dBGB AAA :|

It ain’t easy on the fiddle — that dGfg | dGfg dGBG is a b*tch. But worth it!

Here is a nice version on flute and fiddle, followed by MacArthur Road (https://thesession.org/tunes/2221):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YyfkfqSdUy4

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